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Venture capital, private equity, entrepreneurship, energy industries, financial economics, governance
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Colin C. Blaydon, William and Josephine Buchanan Professor of Management and Director, Center for Private Equity and Entrepreneurship, has been at Tuck since 1983. He served as Dean of the Tuck school from 1983-1990, and again in 1994-1995. Prior to his career at Tuck, Professor Blaydon was Vice-Provost and Professor at Duke University, and Professor at Harvard University. His nonacademic positions include Staff Assistant to Assistant Secretary of Defense; Deputy Associate Director, U.S. Office of Management and Budget; and Executive Chairman, ITP Systems.
An expert in venture capital and private equity, entrepreneurship, energy industries, and financial economics, Professor Blaydon's current research topics include: private equity best practices; securities and deal structure; private equity valuation and financial reporting; private equity firm governance; risk management; and best practices in board participation in portfolio companies.
Professor Blaydon's publications include: "State Policies under Pressure," Drawing the Line on Natural Gas Regulation: The Harvard Study on the Future of Natural Gas, Quorum Books 1997; "Competing in the New Deregulated Gas Markets," Symposium on the Future of the Gas Industry in the New Competitive Market, The Institute of Economic Affairs, April 1994; with M. Horvath, "Bury the Ratchets," Venture Capital Journal, January 2002; "Liquidation Preferences: What You May Not Know," Venture Capital Journal, March 2002; "What's a Company Worth? It Depends on Which GP You Ask," Venture Capital Journal, May 2002; and "Minding the Store: GPs Face Up to Corporate Governance Issues," Venture Capital Journal, July 2002.
Professor Blaydon currently holds directorships with the Center for Private Equity and Entrepreneurship, Tuck School; Borealis Ventures; Council for Excellence in Government; DHM Arcadia Partners; Merrill Lynch Private Equity Partners; Business Intelligence Advisors, Inc.; Healthpoint LLC; Altus Capital Partners, Inc.
He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Virginia, and his masters and doctorate degrees from Harvard University.
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